1. The value you want to look up, also called the lookup value.

2. The range where the lookup value is located. Remember that the lookup value should always be in the first colu

3. The column number in the range that contains the return value. For example, if you specify B2:D11 as the range,

4. Optionally, you can specify TRUE if you want an approximate match or FALSE if you want an exact match of the

Now put all of the above together as follows:

=VLOOKUP(lookup value, range containing the lookup value, the column

Examples
Here are a few examples of VLOOKUP:

Example 1
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